Shade-roller attachment



No. 622,968. Patented Apr. ll, I899. H. W. MOWER.

SHADE ROLLER ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Nov. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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shade-roller.

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HERBERT W. MOWER, OF NEWVARK, NEWV JERSEY.

SHADE-ROLLER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,968, dated April11, 1899.

Application-filed November 19,1893. Serial No. 696,897. KNo model.)

To all whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT W. MOWER, of Newark, in thecounty of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Shade-RollerAttachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable,and economicform of a shade: roller capable of being made of metal, and,furthermore, to so construct the shade-roller that it may beexpeditiously and conveniently hung either from the upper portion of awindow-frame or from the sides.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the rollermay be attached to window-frames of varying width and also to provide abrake for the springcontrolled trunnion that will be positive in actionand simple inconstruction.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a window-frame,illustrating the improved shade-roller hung therein. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the improved Fig. 3 is a transverse sectiontaken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transversesection taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5represents perspective views of brackets for hanging the improvedroller.

The roller A is tubular and is constructed,

preferably, of metal, being provided at one end with a fixed or integraltrunnion 10,

while at the opposite end of the roller a ten-.

sion -controlled trunnion 11 is located, the outer end of thetension-controlled trunnion being bent at an angle to the body of thetrunnion to produce a pendent bearing 12.

A block 13 is secured in the roller at a predetermined point near theend at which the tension-controlled trunnion is placed, the inner end ofthe said trunnion being made to pass through the said block 13, as shownin Fig. 2, and at a point quite close to the end of the roller throughwhich the tension-controlled trunnion passes a tube 14 is placed,extending from side to side of the roller, and the said tube ispreferably held in place by indenting the outer surface of the roller,so that a portion of the roller will extend into the tube, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3. The transverse tube 14 is provided with opposinglongitudinal slots 15 in order to'accommodate a disk 16, which disk isattached firmly to the tension-controlled trunnion 11, which trunnionpasses through the transverse tube 14. The disk 16 is provided with aconcavity or recess'l? in its periphery, and the said con cavity orrecess is adapted to receive balls 18, one of which is located in eachend portion of the transverse tube 14, as is illustrated in Fig. 3.WVhen a ball 18 enters the recess 17 of the disk 16, the disk isprevented from turning until the ball is dislodged. A spring 19 iscoiled around the trunnion 11 within the roller, being secured at one ofits ends to the said trunnion and at its opposite end to the block 13,as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

A shade 21 is preferably secured to the roller through the medium ofsprings 22, and these springs are passed at one end through apertures inthe shade and through corresponding apertures in the shade-roller, theother end of the spring engaging with the outer peripheral surface ofthe roller, as shown in Fig. 2. v

The hangers for the improved shade-rollers are best shown in Fig. 5.Both of said hangers are preferably screw-eyes, the eye of one ,of thehangers 23 being in longitudinal alinement with the screw-shank; but theeye 24 of the other hanger 24 is at a right angle to the screw-shank.The hangers 23 and 24 enable a shade to be hung from the upper portionof a window-frame or from the sides and also enable a roller to befitted to a win- 1 dow-frame in which an ordinary roller of the samelength could not be properly hung. The pendent bearing 12 of thetension-controlled 1. The combination With a shade-roller provided Witha fixed trunnion at one end and a spring-controlled trunnion at theopposite end, of a transversely-e'xtending tube in the roller near theend thereof and provided with opposite longitudinal slots at its centerthrough which the spring-controlled trunnion passes, a disk secured tothe spring-controlled trunnion and provided with a recess in itsperiphery, said disk being of a greater diameter than the tube andprojecting through the slots thereof and a ball in each end portion ofthe tube, substantially as described.

2. A shade-roller, comprising a metal roller having a fixed trunnion atone end and a spring-controlled trunnion at the other end, a tube in theend of the roller having the 'springcontrolled trunnion and providedwith opposite longitudinal slots at its center, said tube extending fromside to side of the roller and into the ends of which a portion of themetal of the roller extends, a disk secured to the saidspring-controlled trunnion and provided with a recess in its periphery,said disk being of a greater diameter than the tube and projectingthrough the slots thereof, and a ball in each portion of the tube,substantially as described.

3. A shade-roller, comprising a metal roller having a fixed trunnion atone end and'a spring-controlled trunnion at the other end,.

HER BERT W. MOWER.

Witnesses:

J. O. CARROLL, EDW. V. QUINLAN.

